Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Professor Erwin Reisner

RAE Chair in Emerging Technologies

Professor of Energy and Sustainability 

Our research

The Reisner laboratory develops new concepts and technologies for the conversion of solar energy and renewable electricity into sustainable fuels and chemicals for a circular economy. Thus, we explore chemical aspects of energy and sustainability, in particular photo- and electrocatalysis and the interface of synthetic chemistry, materials and nano-science, chemical biology and engineering. Central themes of our cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach are the development of processes for the upcycling of plastic and biomass waste as well as the use of carbon dioxide and water to produce green fuels and chemicals for a sustainable future.

More information can be found on our group website.

Keywords:  Solar fuels, solar chemicals, artificial photosynthesis, biohybrid materials, water and CO2 splitting, small molecule activation, catalysis, metalloenzymes, microbiology, biomimetic chemistry, bio-inorganic chemistry, synthetic chemistry, electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, materials Chemistry, nanotechnology, functional and energy materials.

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Publications

Electrochemical conversion and storage systems: general discussion.
A Mount, S Xiong, X Shan, H-W Lee, X Yu, Y Chao, G Stucky, G Chen, Z Qi, G Hutchings, Y Zhong, R Holze, W Han, L Cronin, S Yang, H Li, X Hong, E Reisner, Y Yang, W Xuan, C Grey, R Seshadri, L Mai, J Xie, F Pan, Z Li, J Maier, Z Tian, Y Chen, B Mao, H Frei, C Lin, F Liao, D Liu, N Zheng, R Lin, R-N Vannier, D Deng, J M Griffin, N Markovic, H Zheng, R Kanno
Faraday Discuss.
(2015)
176
(doi: 10.1039/c5fd90001h)
A Si photocathode protected and activated with a Ti and Ni composite film for solar hydrogen production
Y-H Lai, HS Park, JZ Zhang, PD Matthews, DS Wright, E Reisner
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
(2015)
21
(doi: 10.1002/chem.201406566)
Enhancing H2 evolution performance of an immobilised cobalt catalyst by rational ligand design.
J Willkomm, NM Muresan, E Reisner
Chemical science
(2015)
6
(doi: 10.1039/c4sc03946g)
Improving the Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO through Immobilisation of a Molecular Re Catalyst on TiO2
CD Windle, E Pastor, A Reynal, AC Whitwood, Y Vaynzof, JR Durrant, RN Perutz, E Reisner
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
(2015)
21
(doi: 10.1002/chem.201405041)
DuBois Photocatalysis: Visible light driven H2 generation with a phosphonated Ni bis(diphosphine) catalyst in water
M Gross, C Caputo, D Wakerley, E Reisner
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2015)
250
Photocatalytic Formic Acid Conversion on CdS Nanocrystals with Controllable Selectivity for H2 or CO
MF Kuehnel, DW Wakerley, KL Orchard, E Reisner
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
(2015)
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201502773)
Oxygen-tolerant proton reduction catalysis: Much O2 about nothing?
DW Wakerley, E Reisner
Energy and Environmental Science
(2015)
8
(doi: 10.1039/c5ee01167a)
Comparison of photoelectrochemical water oxidation activity of a synthetic photocatalyst system with photosystem II.
Y-H Lai, M Kato, D Mersch, E Reisner
Faraday discussions
(2014)
176
(doi: 10.1039/c4fd00059e)
Reversible interconversion of CO2 and formate by a molybdenum-containing formate dehydrogenase.
A Bassegoda, C Madden, DW Wakerley, E Reisner, J Hirst
J Am Chem Soc
(2014)
136
(doi: 10.1021/ja508647u)
Photocatalytic hydrogen production using polymeric carbon nitride with a hydrogenase and a bioinspired synthetic Ni catalyst.
CA Caputo, MA Gross, VW Lau, C Cavazza, BV Lotsch, E Reisner
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2014)
43
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201406811)

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er376@cam.ac.uk
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